"I think we recognize that when it comes to families and their ability to go to work, if there is not affordable childcare or if there is no childcare whatsoever, it makes it pretty darn hard."
"Thank you again, Sen Murkowski for introducing this bill that will address this important issue, improve public health and the quality of life for so many tribal communities."
"Unfortunately, the median income of American Indian Alaska Native families is around $48,000. 26 percent of American Indian Alaska Native people make less than $500 a week."
"It has to be a long term strategy that we need to consider developing childcare as a career to ensure that we have--we have trained, credible, available, and hopefully affordable childcare providers f..."
"I want to discuss quickly S. 2908, the Indian Buffalo Management Act, this has impacts on my State."
"On average, how long does this review take BIA to review an application?"
"Great. Your testimony states that the bill would allow the tribes and tribal organizations to enter into 638 self-governance contracts."
"Do you think that the way things are structured currently that we do have that flexibility, government programs by their very nature are not inherently built to be flexible?"
"It's either by water or by air."
"As I mentioned, these are expenses that are very real."
"What we are trying to do is, again, reestablish these herds for economic development as a traditional food source and provide food security for Native communities."